Bill Text: NY A10407 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to Buffalo city school district petitions for nomination of school board members.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-14 - substituted by s7605 [A10407 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A10407-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10407 I N A S S E M B L Y May 25, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to Buffalo city school district petitions for nomination of school board members THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs f and g of subdivision 10 of section 2553 of the 2 education law, as added by chapter 242 of the laws of 1974, are amended 3 to read as follows: 4 f. Petitions for the nomination of members of such school board shall 5 be on white paper containing the required signatures of qualified voters 6 of the city of Buffalo. The sheets of such petition shall be numbered 7 consecutively, beginning with number one, at the foot of each sheet. 8 Such a petition must set forth in every instance the correct date of 9 signing, the full name of the signer[,] AND his [present] OR HER resi- 10 dence[, the residence from which he was registered at the time of the 11 last preceding general election, if he was registered at that time, the 12 city school subdistrict of such residence at such time and the election 13 district thereof at such time. A signer need not himself fill in the 14 date, residence or residences, city school subdistrict or election 15 district. The election district of the signer to be filed in the peti- 16 tion shall be the election district in effect at the time of the last 17 preceding general election. If the residence from which the signer was 18 registered at the time of the last preceding general election is the 19 same as his present residence, the word "same" may be written, instead 20 of repeating the place of residence. If the signer was not registered at 21 the time of the last general election, he shall write "not registered at 22 that time."]. A SIGNER NEED ONLY PLACE HIS OR HER SIGNATURE UPON THE 23 PETITION, AND NEED NOT HIMSELF OR HERSELF FILL IN THE OTHER REQUIRED 24 INFORMATION. 25 g. Each sheet of such a petition shall be signed in ink and shall be 26 substantially in the following form: 27 I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a duly qualified voter 28 of the city of Buffalo, that my [present] place of residence [and my EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15910-01-2 A. 10407 2 1 place of residence at the time of the last preceding general election if 2 I was registered at such time are] IS truly stated opposite my signature 3 hereto, [I intend to support at the ensuing election] and I do hereby 4 nominate the following named person as a candidate for nomination (for 5 the public office of member of the board of education of the city of 6 Buffalo at large..............day of...................., [19] 20.....,) 7 (for the city school subdistrict.............day of........, [19] 8 20.....) 9 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year 10 placed opposite my signature. 11 Date Name of Signer Present Residence 12 .............. .................. .................... 13 .............. .................. .................... 14 .............. .................. .................... 15 [At the Time of the Last Preceding General Election. 16 Residence City School Subdistrict Election District 17 ............... ......................... .................. 18 ............... ......................... .................. 19 ............... ......................... ..................] 20 The petition shall be authenticated by witnesses. Such statement shall 21 be accepted for all purposes as the equivalent of an affidavit, and if 22 false shall subject the witness to the same penalties as if he OR SHE 23 had been duly sworn. The form of such statement shall be substantially 24 as follows: 25 STATEMENT OF WITNESS 26 I,...................., (name of witness), state: I am a duly quali- 27 fied voter of the state of New York, and now reside in the city, town or 28 village of..............., in such state, at 29 .......................(fill in street and house number and post office) 30 therein. I know each of the voters whose names are subscribed to this 31 petition sheet containing (fill in number).............signatures and 32 each of them subscribed the same in my presence and upon so subscribing 33 declared to me that the foregoing statement, made and subscribed by him, 34 was true. 35 ..................... 36 Signature of witness 37 Date........... 38 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.